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Based on Cammi Pham's story[0] it sounds like auto-liking profiles en masse is not all it's cracked up to be. Summarizing her post (and probably forgetting a de
by alialkhatib 12y ago
Based on Cammi Pham's story[0] it sounds like auto-liking profiles en masse is not all it's cracked up to be. Summarizing her post (and probably forgetting a detail or two), you end up with tons of worthless results you don't really want, and you're so inundated with "connections" - messages from other eager people - that you can't get through them quickly enough to get to the good ones before they get sick of waiting and block you.
Neat mini-project, but it might be more interesting to see what kind of cool stuff you can do with Tinder beyond this.
0: http://www.cammipham.com/tinder-hack/ http://www.cammipham.com/tinder-hack/ (and incredibly not posted to HN as far as I can tell)
- flyt 12y agoThat's likely for female profiles, but the situation is usually reversed for men. Liking everything means that the smaller number of women that swipe right on your profile will instantly match, and then you can decide to reply or not.
- hedgew 12y agoWhy would it be different for men?
- petercooper 12y agoI think the stereotype is that men are not as discerning as women when dating. That is, if a straight man is presented with 100 random women, he'd be more likely to consider a larger number of them to be dateable, than if a straight woman were presented with 100 random men.
- dan1234 12y agoAlso, there tend to be many more men seeking women profiles than women seeking men so the men have to work harder to stand out.
- jiggy2011 12y agoI wonder why that is, in my experience single women hate being single at least as much as men do.
- dan1234 12y agoI'm pretty sure this question was explored in a really interesting OKCupid blog post (I think it was in their "Why you should never pay for online dating" post) but that entry disappeared when they were acquired by Match.
- acangiano 12y agoThat's from the perspective of an attractive young lady. A male, let alone an unattractive one, will have much higher chances of getting any response at all with the en masse approach.